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As I shuttled between Bangalore and San Francisco in 2010

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 05, 20113 mins

I saved this tweet from Nitin Pai (chief honcho and writer at The Indian National Interest) sometime in the first half of 2010. The operative phrase is “ought to”. The sad reality is that for most…

My Road to Mumbai Marathon 2010

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 28, 20107 mins

4 hrs 45 min 12 secs. That’s the total time I took to complete the regulation distance (42.195km) of Mumbai Marathon 2010. It was the 3rd full marathon I participated in & successfully completed. The…

When something’s not easy to do, you are doing it wrong

Vishy KurugantiOctober 19, 20093 mins

It was early days for me at the University of Houston campus in the Fall of 1992. One of my initial starry-eyed memories was that of purchasing my first Coke can from a vending machine on my way back…

A year in Bangalore – the unwritten blog posts

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 06, 20095 mins

Pic: courtesy elbo.ws We hit our ‘one year anniversary in India’ on India’s Independence Day – Aug 15, 2009. A few months ago, we toyed with the idea of throwing a party and invite all our friends…

ABIDe promotes convenient Volvo transport

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 20, 20093 mins

Pic: courtesy sumanbhat.wordpress.com I first met Sanjay Anandaram (serial entrepreneur turned venture capitalist) during the Dec 2008 Jethro Tull concert. We connected on the intellectual level and…

100 Days in Bangalore (Part 2)

Vishy KurugantiDecember 29, 20084 mins

Continued from 100 Days in Bangalore (Part 1)… If you’ve read Why we are moving back to India or Brother or Best Friend, you know that one of the big reasons for moving to India was to spend more time…

Masti ki paathshala (for the First Grader Wannabe)

Vishy KurugantiDecember 28, 20083 mins

(Note: This started off as a school-centric post for both our 5.5 year old and the almost 3-year old but is now focused entirely on the former.) We had seen Rang De Basanti earlier this year so the…

Bangalore Calling

Vishy KurugantiDecember 14, 20084 mins

Cubbon Park, Bangalore (circa 2009) – Pic courtesy thehindu.com (Someday this post shall be completed. Until then, here’s a relevant comment thread between me and a New Jersey Indian American woman…

100 Days in Bangalore (Part 1)

Vishy KurugantiDecember 13, 20086 mins

Vidhana Soudha (Pic: courtesy tripadvisor.com.sg) I had planned to write this post sometime back – a retrospective kinda post providing a snapshot of the family’s settling down process – my job, kids…

The Auto Rickshaw Diaries

Vishy KurugantiNovember 23, 20082 mins

Indians have a love-hate relationship with the auto rickshaw. The love comes from the incredible convenience afforded by the 3-legged black-and-yellow creature. In just about any city, one can very…

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